I need help with my Mother clone plant....

Ive recently been reading that it is a good idea to keep a mother clone plant in vegetative state for its life. I was wondering if i can use an inexpensive florescent light to keep it alive and slow growing? Pretty much the same florescent i would put the clones under. Will my mother have enough light? I really don't want to spend the money running another Metal Halide. Thanks a lot for the help! - Yota

yeah, shoplights holding a couple 4ft cool floro tubes (i'd have two shoplights over the plant = 4 bulbs) 25 bucks and it'll keep you mother nicely... just top the girl a lot to have lots of spots to cut from...

CFL's are cheap to use, And work well..

thanks guys

Welcome Yota
Clone mothers do not need very much light at all.
I would say 1 26w cfl would work.
I use 15w 21" pruple grow fluro's for my mother and clones.

I guess it depends on how fast you want her to grow.
At the rate I am going I will be able to continue taking 4 clones every 2-3 weeks off of this same mom with this little bit of light.

Happy growing